Umesh Sharma | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2012 | |
| Constituency | Raipur |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Umesh Sharma Kau is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [1] Sharma is a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from the Raipur constituency in Dehradun district. [2] [3] [4]
In the 2012 Uttarakhand Assembly elections,Umesh Sharma Kau,then with the Indian National Congress,defeated Trivendra Singh Rawat by a narrow margin of 0.62% votes. [5] [6]
In 2016,Umesh Sharma Kau along with other Congress MLAs rebelled and switched over to BJP. [7] [8]
He was re-elected in 2017 and 2022 as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate with huge margin of 37.29% and 27.49% respectively.
| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Raipur | BJP | Won | 60.15% | Hira Singh Bisht | INC | 32.66% | [9] | ||
| 2017 | BJP | Won | 60.60% | Prabhu Lal | INC | 23.31% | [10] | |||
| 2012 | INC | Won | 39.03% | Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP | 38.41% | [11] | |||